UPS DELIVERS: United Parcel Service Co. beat analysts' expectations by a penny per share, as it reported third-quarter net income of $1.1 billion, or $1.16 per share. A year ago, the company earned 48 cents per share, although it would have been $1.06 per share excluding a one-time expense for pension-restructuring.

DIGGING IT: Greenland's parliament has agreed to remove a 25-year-old ban on uranium mining, paving the way for an industrial boom that the Arctic island hopes will help it gain independence from former colonial master Denmark.

JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay $5.1 billion to resolve claims that it misled Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac about risky home loans and mortgage securities that it sold them before the housing market collapsed.

Toyota Motor Corp. on Friday reached a settlement with the victims of a deadly 2007 car crash, a day after an Oklahoma Country jury became the first in the country to find the company liable in a case of sudden unintended acceleration.